[Samba] FlashMX creates BAD .swf file on Samba

[ramon buckland]

No one have any idea to this ?
Is it the client ? Or the server ? (how could I debug it more)


>
> Hi peoples,
>
> I have a Samba Server that has had the same config for over 10 months now
> (read: never had a problem).
>
> Just today, I thought, let's Play with Flash MX, so download I did.
> Start playing around, and went to test my first movie and it came up blank.
>
> Not a flash GURU that I am, I was stumped. Anyway. Saved the flash file
> to my local C:\ (Oh did I mention the WS is Win2k ;) .. and then
> tested the Flash Movie, and no problems.
>
> Tech Details:
>
> 	In Flash, when you 'Test a Movie'
> 	it creates the .swf export in the same folder.
>
> 	The Share I am working from is
>
> 	[htdocs]
> 	        path = /var/www/html
> 	        writable = yes
> 	        create mode = 664
> 	        directory mode = 775
> 	        force group = www
> 	        valid users = @www
> 	        delete readonly = yes
>
> Samba version is
> 	Version 2.2.1a
>
> As I said, nothing has changed and I have only seen this behaviour now with
> exported Flash MOvies.
>
> What else do I know:
>
> 	Testing a Movie in Flash is the same as Exporting the final
> product, (it
> creates the same files)
>
> 	So:
> 		I Export to Movie on the samba server
> 	and
> 		I Export to Movie on my Local Workstation
> 		(and tried a Networked Win2k Prof box also)
>
> 	The Export to the Samba server creates a bad .swf.
> 	It's 41k and the good working one (on the Win2k boxes	is 12k)
>
> erm.. Where to from here.
>
> 	.swf files are generally served from a Browser... so
>
> 	I copied a Working version (and a non-working version
> courtesy of Samba)
> 	to the Local IIS Server. Expected result. The working one, worked,
> 	the non-working .. you get the idea.
>
> 	So I copied the two files to the Apache Server via Samba
> 	and browsed to them there... same result.
>
> 	A Flash movie created by saving to Samba, makes a BAD swf file.
> 	A Flash movie created by saving to Win32 box makes a normal
> good movie.
>
> The box Samba is on has ample free space available on all mounted
> partitions.
>
> So .. where do I look,   the logs below show nothing amazing.
>
> It's weird,
> does anybody have some suggestions on how to debug this problem (before I
> upgrade Samba)
>
> This is the Whole Session of Flash MX, exporting (deleting an old
> flash movie
> and creating a
> new one, and then opening it and the closing it)
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> [2002/07/06 02:53:13, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:13, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:13, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:13, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:13, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes
> write=Yes
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(213)
>   ramon.buckland opened file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/06 02:53:21, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(203)
>   ramon.buckland closed file dev/quasedi/_dev/editor_2.swf (numopen=0)
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Cheers
>
>
> ramon    buckland
> ramon at thebuckland.com
>
>
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